[mulmen]

"What Would Elon Musk Do" is a tiresome theme. Mostly because the guy is a total anomaly.

He and his company have accomplished a lot but that does not mean NASA is wrong for running space programs the way they run them. This stuff is complicated, NASA doesn't always get it right but that doesn't mean they need to reinvent themselves in the image of a technocelebrity.

[azernik]

With regards to SLS, I do trust the NASA professionals; they originally argued against the system, and then were forced by direct Congressional mandate (pushed forward by representatives of places building the hardware) to develop the thing anyway.

[valuearb]

Appeal to authority is a dumb argument, whether Musk or NASA fans are using it.